These dis­or­ders pose a sig­nif­i­cant chal­lenge to health­care pro­fes­sion­als who are attempt­ing to help these patients. Effec­tive diag­no­sis and treat­ment require a broad view of the whole patient and often become highly com­plex. Suc­cess­ful out­comes often require highly trained clinicians.

For indi­vid­u­als, this web­site pro­vides infor­ma­tion about “TMJ” and Chronic Pain (audio course) along with the oppor­tu­nity to “self-test”for the pres­ence and sever­ity of “TMJ” and the pain, phys­i­cal dys­func­tion, stress and emo­tional dis­tress it can cause. This“self-test” done quickly, inex­pen­sively, and in the pri­vacy of the individual’s home uses the most advanced, most sci­en­tif­i­cally researched and most accu­rate test of its kind cur­rently available.

IMPORTANT NEWS: If you are a patient suffering from chronic pain, you can now take, for the first time, the widely used Chronic Pain Battery(CPB)-Patient Version™ in the privacy of your home on your own computer. You receive an immediate, comprehensive, in depth evaluation of the many aspects of your pain problem in your CPB Report, which includes recommendations for self-help methods to better manage your pain problem.

For more information and to take the Chronic Pain Battery-Patient Version™, [CLICK HERE]

For health­care providers, this web­site pro­vides a sophis­ti­cated, on-line, test­ing and report­ing ser­vice employ­ing the widely acceptedTMJ ScaleTM to doc­u­ment the pres­ence and sever­ity of “TMJ”, its phys­i­cal and emo­tional con­comi­tants and to quan­ti­ta­tively mea­sure treat­ment effec­tive­ness and out­come. This widely researched and highly accu­rate assess­ment, treat­ment and risk man­age­ment tool is used suc­cess­fully by many of the most respected “TMJ” Spe­cial­ists across the U.S., and internationally, on hundreds-of-thousands of patients. Leading practitioners of Dental Sleep Medicine (see under Clinician Resources) who use Oral Appliance Therapy use the TMJ Scale as a valuable clinical and Risk Management tool to detect and document ‘Presence’ and ‘Absence’ of a TMJ disorder before initiating treatment and in the management phase. Other testing services on this website include: TMJ/CompareTMwhich compares the results of two TMJ Scales administered to a patient at different times and calculates and graphs changes indicating treatment effectiveness and outcome; and The Chronic Pain BatteryTM which comprehensively assesses the chronic pain patient from a bio-psycho-social-behavioral perspective.

Although the TMJ Scale is a highly accurate (usually around 90%) and reliable assessment tool, no diagnostic test is 100% accurate. It is being used here only as a screen for the presence of a TMJ disorder. It cannot replace a thorough and comprehensive evaluation by a dentist or specialist in this area. The statements contained within the TMJ Scale Report are based on statistical probabilities and therefore are suggestive rather than conclusive. No decisions or actions should be based solely on the results of this test. By accessing and using the information on this website, and/or taking the TMJ Scale test, you agree that Pain Resource Center, Inc. is not liable to the test taker or anyone else for any decisions made or actions taken based on the results of this test or information from this website.

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